Advantages to GitHub | TrustRadius

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Github powers our projects by providing a central repository for all our code, plus all changes including tools to manage and track said changes. It also provides great code review and collaboration tools to help make sure our code base is efficient and minimizes the number of defects introduced thorough out the whole development lifecycle.

Pros and Cons

Code Hosting in a central spot.
Access management.
Code review.
Code collaboration.

Searching through code bases
Tracking issues by linking to specific lines in the code base.
More robust wikis and readme files

Return on Investment

Quicker iteration of features and functionality
Catching defects sooner
Better communication

Alternatives Considered

Bitbucket and Gitlab

Generally find Github much easier to use and interact with as a user.

Likelihood to Recommend

Code management, code review, code collaboration